Director, National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA)

Room 2.23, Iontas Building,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
County Kildare, Ireland

Tel: +353 1 708 3372
Fax: +353 1 708 6456
E-mail: rob.kitchin@nuim.ie
Web page: www.nuim.ie/nirsa/people/admin/kitchin.shtml

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• Professor, Human Geography
• Director, National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA)
• Chair, Management Board, Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP)
• Editor-in-Chief, International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
• Editor, Progress in Human Geography
• Editor, Dialogues in Human Geography
• Book Series Editor, Irish Society. Manchester University Press (2009-)
• Book Series Editor, Key Concepts in Human Geography, Sage, London. (2004-)
• Executive Board, International Centre of Local and Regional Development (ICLRD)
• PI, All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO)
• PI, Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)

Prof. Rob Kitchin is Director of NIRSA, and Chairperson of the Irish Social Sciences Platform. He has published widely across the social sciences, including 20 books and over 100 articles and book chapters. He is editor of the international journals, Progress in Human Geography (ISI rank 2/61) and Dialogues in Human Geography, and for eleven years was the editor of Social and Cultural Geography. He was the editor-in-chief of the 12 volume, International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, and edits two book series, Irish Society and Key Concepts in Geography. He has successfully written or been a principal investigator on forty grants, totalling over €30m, including funding from PRTLI 2, 4, 5, ESRC, NSF, Interreg, and RIA. He has undertaken research for a wide range of bodies including government departments, semi-stage agencies, NGOs, and community groups. To date he has organized over 20 conferences and workshops, and been invited to present over 85 talks at conferences and universities in over a dozen countries. His research has been widely covered in national and international media. His book 'Code/Space' (with Martin Dodge) won the Association of American Geographers 'Meridian Book Award' for the outstanding book in the discipline in 2011 and a 'CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2011' award from the American Library Association. He blogs at Ireland After NAMA and The View From the Blue House. Follow him @robkitchin

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